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Adventure Tourism

Adventure Tourism

by Colin Beard (Author), JohnSwarbrooke (Author), Gill Pomfret (Author), SuzanneLeckie (Author)

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    Hardcover 2015

    $180.27
Synopsis

Looking at the past, present and future of adventure tourism, Adventure Tourism: The New Frontier examines the product, the adventure tourist profile, and issues such as supply, geography and sustainability. International case studies are used to illustrate these issues, including: gorilla watching holidays,trekking on Mount Everest, diving holidays, and Outward Bound packages.

Analysis of the development and nature of adventure tourism accompanies these studies, ensuring that the title is useful both for undergraduate and postgraduate students of tourism and for professionals involved in managing adventure tourism enterprises.

There is also a companion website with additional case studies to aid teaching and learning.

$180.27

Quantity

5 in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 368
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02 Nov 2015
ISBN 10: 1138168424
ISBN 13: 9781138168428

Media Reviews
'Adventure Tourism: The new frontier' is an essential introduction to the adventure tourism sector for both tertiary students of tourism and professionals working in the tourism industry, as it offers a unique analysis of this fast expanding niche sector....The book will prove accessible to its non-academic audience, while providng a useful reference and first port of call for those researching in this sector and a textbook for tourism academics teaching undergraduate or postgraduate courses in this area.
-Tim Bentley, Department of International Business Massey, Aukland, New Zealand